Chapter 120 The real boss
Zhu Zhanji looked at Yang Shaofeng with a confused look on his face. Although he had known that his brother was a little shameless, Zhu Zhanji never thought that this person could be so shameless!
However, Zhu Zhanji had to admit that with Yang Shaofeng's extremely shameless tricks, the value of Baochao in the border city really stabilized.
At the very least, without a large amount of treasure banknotes pouring in, the exchange ratio between treasure banknotes and silver in border cities can reach one to one or even higher.
If this situation continues, then there is no doubt that Yang Shaofeng will completely solve the difficult problem of Baochao with shamelessness!
Yang Shaofeng is not as optimistic as Zhu Zhanji.
After a while of silence, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but speak, "When will the people from Baochaosi arrive?"
Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said, "I don't know very well. When I came, the people from Baochaosi were still preparing, and they were going to come with the five million taels of silver, so they couldn't get up no matter how hard they thought about it.
However, the situation in the border city is not very good now. You just said that you can solve the problem of Baochao slowly. Even if the people in Baochao Department are slower, it should be nothing, right?"
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Zhanji and sneered: "Did you not figure out the situation yet? The current situation in border cities is the same as other cities in the Ming Dynasty?"
Faced with the issue that Yang Shaofeng had mentioned just now, Zhu Zhanji was a little confused. After scratching his head, he said, "Didn't you already say it?"
Yang Shaofeng looked at Zhu Zhanji speechlessly, feeling a little reluctant to continue talking to this idiot. The reason why the border city can maintain the apparent treasure money more than silver is actually largely due to the inconvenience of communication outside the pass and the inconvenience of contact. Otherwise, try changing the border city to a place like Beijing or Shuntian Mansion.
In a minute, someone could go bankrupt by Yang Shaofeng's plan.
Because if you want to truly let Baochao have the value it should have, you have to first understand who is the one who really holds Baochao in the Ming Dynasty?
The answer has nothing to do with the people. People have more copper coins or broken silver than treasure banknotes. Those who really hold treasure banknotes are exactly the nobles, civil servants, and soldiers from the garrison.
Because since Zhu Chongba, the Ming Dynasty planned to use treasure banknotes instead of silver and copper plates, and there were even people who were not allowed to refuse to accept the treasure banknotes, otherwise it would be illegal regulations, but the court that issued the treasure banknotes would not accept treasure banknotes.
Moreover, what really hinders the circulation of Baochao is actually largely related to the cost of Yichanggong Ink mentioned earlier.
Because no one wants the money in their hands to be reduced inexplicably.
Therefore, if you really want to make Baochao fundamentally have the ability to have credit currency, in addition to the cost of easy-to-change ink, there is actually another most important problem that needs to be solved, which is the problem that Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji and other bigwigs are now struggling.
Conversion of treasure banknotes and metal currency.
If this problem is not completely solved, the so-called Baochao credit issue is equivalent to a false proposition, and even border cities may not be able to withstand it in the end.
In fact, even in the current border city, no one is guilty of the value of Baochao.
Because Baochao is now all because of the existence of border city, it also relies on the credit of Yang Shaofeng and border city tijushi, which has nothing to do with its own value.
It may be a bit indifferent to the Tatars and Oirats, but it was a very serious problem for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.
What should Baochao do when leaving the border city and returning home?
In the eyes of many businessmen, the treasure money in Bianshi City is actually like a relay game.
Before the game collapses, there will naturally be no problem with the value of Baochao. Once a large number of merchants are about to return home, the game may collapse.
It's very simple, because the value of Baochao in the border city is different from that in other areas of the Ming Dynasty, when you return home, you naturally have to exchange Baochao for gold and silver. The large amount of exchange will lead to a surge in the number of Baochao on the market, and the consequence is that this game collapses again.
Yang Shaofeng is also well aware of these people's worries.
Therefore, border city also bears a pilot function.
Don’t be curious that the word pilot will appear in the Ming Dynasty in advance. The appearance of this word has nothing to do with Yang Shaofeng. As early as the second year of Yongle, Chen Ying proposed the salt banknote method, that is, when he linked treasure banknotes with salt first, Zhu Laosi chose Guangdong for pilot projects, and later spread it to the whole country.
If you add the linkage between Baochao and salt, the new and old recycling system of Baochao, etc., the Ming Dynasty has actually played many tricks from later generations. At best, the names are different and the gameplay is wrong.
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In the summer of June of the 14th year of Yongle, just a few days after North Korea King Li Fangyuan sent an envoy to pay tribute to a batch of Korean ginseng and the so-called beauties, the office that looked like silver not far from the Chengtiju Branch of the border city quietly started working.
The sign hanging in this yamen is very interesting: Bianshicheng Branch of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty.
Well, Yang Shaofeng's bad taste was aroused, so he directly proposed to create such an institution under the Ministry of Revenue. According to the organization, it is a unit on the same level as the Baochao Tuijue Department. Not only is the name not called the Department according to the traditional rules, but even the so-called president of the chief executive is also a fifth-rank boss.
Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji agreed to Yang Shaofeng's proposal Zhu Laosi and Xia Yuanji felt that there was no need to argue with Yang Dianma because of a name.
Li Juan, the ninth-grade official, was arranged to become the first president of the Bianshi City, who originally wanted to die in the Ministry of Revenue Service Department.
From the seventh grade, I have been promoted several levels in a row. The reason for choosing Li Juan to come to Bianshi City is that Li Juan and Yang Shaofeng have had a relationship, which is somewhat of a bit of friendship.
Now Li Juan is sitting in the so-called branch lobby with Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Zhanji.
Bored yawn, Li Juan suppressed his sleepiness and said, "No one came for the whole morning. Do these people in the border city like treasure money but not silver?"
Yang Shaofeng laughed and said, "Don't talk about people from the border city, just say you, President Li himself, do you like silver or treasure money?"
Li Juan looked at Zhu Zhanji, then at Yang Shaofeng, and whispered: "You are the one who likes Baochao and Yinzi the same way."
Yang Shaofeng pointed at Li Juan and laughed: "You are too untrue! I, Mr. Yang, dared to say loudly that I like silver. Baochao doesn't feel as good as silver when I pick it up."
Li Juan glanced at Yang Shaofeng, laughed twice and didn't say anything, no one was like you. You fought with His Royal Highness the Grandpa, until his nose was blue and swollen, and you wouldn't die clearly!
Seeing that Li Juan was not talking, Yang Shaofeng said with no words: "After all, it's the first day, and it's normal that no one comes now. When the news spreads, there will probably be more people coming."
Li Juan hesitated and said, "The problem is, it's really okay to continue like this? If someone exchanges a large number of treasure money at the bank of Shuntian Prefecture and then runs to our border city to exchange for silver, then we will have to lose money?"
After thinking about it, Li Juan shook his head and said, "Impossible, who would be so stupid? I exchanged it for treasure money in Shuntian Mansion, and just use it directly in the border city. There is no need to exchange it for silver.
However, when the merchants in our border cities return home at the end of the year, they are afraid that they will exchange large amounts of treasure money for cash, which will be a problem at that time."
Yang Shaofeng sneered and looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Guess, will anyone exchange silver for treasure money in Shuntian Mansion and then come to the border city to exchange silver?"
Zhu Zhanji said: "Didn't President Li say it just now? There is no possibility of this at all."
Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "If you can change the silver to treasure money in Shuntian Mansion to make Your Majesty happy? Is it possible that Jian Zai Di Xin? Go back and send someone to the border city and then exchange the treasure money for silver, do you think it's worth it?"
Zhu Zhanji spat and said, "You think people are a little too bad. Besides, have you forgotten what you said before? Wanquandusi and Wanquan Right Guard are not allowed to carry more than ten-standard treasure money."
Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but pat his forehead and sighed: "Sure enough, I have been with you for a long time, and even I have been infected with your stupid disease, and I am beyond help!"
Zhu Zhanji glared at Yang Shaofeng and sneered: "What if no one has come to exchange it? After all, in border cities and other places, treasure money is easier to use than silver.
Now I am worried about the same as President Li, but I am afraid that large-scale exchanges will occur by the end of the year, and there is not enough silver here to exchange them, so the trouble will be even greater at that time."
Yang Shaofeng laughed and said, "Is it very troublesome? The situation is obvious now. Even if someone comes to exchange it, it will probably have to exchange for some scattered copper plates, and there will be no large-scale cash exchange."
Zhu Zhanji said: "Then you still get five million taels of cash?"
Li Juan looked at Yang Shaofeng curiously and said, "The officials really can't figure out why Yang Tiju is like this? You know, since he learned to allocate the five million taels of cash, Xiabutang has been unable to eat and sleep for several days, and he probably has to lose a few kilograms."
Yang Shaofeng chuckled and said, "On the one hand, it is to make him lose a few pounds and exhale him. On the other hand, it is to prevent a large-scale run by someone.
In addition, this is a branch. In the future, the Tatars and Oirat will also open another branch, and they will definitely transfer some of the cash bank there. In addition, the possible runs at the end of the year, these five million taels are nothing.
Chapter completed!